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The home affairs minister has imposed conditions on the sale of power firm Belco, the House of Assembly heard yesterday. Ascendant Group, the holding company that owns Belco, announced on January 28 that it was considering the sale of the group with ...

Patients from Bermuda Healthcare Services and the Brown-Darrell Clinic met John Rankin, the Governor, yesterday to demand the return of medical records seized by police. A caravan of protesters went from the House of Assembly to Government House and ...

The new bus schedule has 50 buses on the road at peak times but a temporary reduction in frequency while the ageing vehicles are repaired or replaced, MPs heard this morning. Zane DeSilva, the transport minister, said the first of eight new buses had...

Owain Johnston-Barnes, Sarah Lagan The Senate rejected last night an Act designed to axe the corporations of Hamilton and St George and turn them into unelected quangos. It was the first vote defeat for the Progressive Labour Party since it won power...

Respects were paid this morning in the House of Assembly to a 61-year-old homeless man who died yesterday after he was found lying in a Hamilton street. Michael Weeks of the Progressive Labour Party told MPs that Keith Peniston, a well-known figure a...

More than half the sex abuse cases reported to government watchdogs last year were child-on-child assaults, the Minister for Justice and Attorney-General has revealed. Kathy Lynn Simmons told the Senate that 51 per cent of sex abuse allegations refer...

A man with mental health and drug problems who headbutted a police officer was shown leniency by a magistrate this week. Magistrate Maxanne Anderson sentenced Eric Richardson to two years probation on Wednesday. She said: “I don’t want anyone to thin...

All chocolate bars that contain sugar will be hit with a 75 per cent sugar tax from the start of next month, the House of Assembly heard last night. Kim Wilson, the health minister, told MPs chocolate and cocoa products with sugar were to be added in...

The Human Rights Commission has completely replaced its board as 12 new people were named as the latest appointments today. Vaughan Caines, a barrister and member of the parole board, will be the chairman and his deputy will be Ed Ball Jr, who is the...

Air Canada has increased its airlift between Toronto and Bermuda as the island hosts the Canadian Construction Association annual conference. About 700 people are expected to fly to the island for the conference, which will run from today to March 28...